Three months later, a large snake slithered from the forest behind the Blood Sun packhouse and entered the pack lands. There were no wolves around. It was confused. It shifted into a beautiful woman and her eyes clouded over for a brief moment. She flinched when the person she was communicating with shouted at her. “What do you mean there’s no one there?!” they shouted. “I’m here at the pack now and it appears to be deserted. It looks like it has been for a few months. I’ll look for clues and report back as soon as I find anything.” The woman replied. “You had better, or it’ll be your head.” The other person closed the link. The woman shifted into her snake form and slithered around the pack lands, flicking her tongue out to smell anything that could giver a clue. She came across a few

